Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 1:15
15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- New International Version (NIV)When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
- English Standard Version (ESV)When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Context of Isaiah 1:15
13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. 14I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. 16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! 17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Read all of Isaiah 1Isaiah 1:15 word by word
וּבְפָרִשְׂכֶ֣ם כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם אַעְלִ֤ים עֵינַי֙ מִכֶּ֔ם גַּ֛ם כִּֽי־תַרְבּ֥וּ תְפִלָּ֖ה אֵינֶ֣נִּי שֹׁמֵ֑עַ יְדֵיכֶ֖ם דָּמִ֥ים מָלֵֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
- When you spread outפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- your hands in prayerכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- I will hideעָלַם‛âlam · to concealH5956
- My eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- evenגַּםgam · alsoH1571
- thoughכִּיkîy · forH3588
- you multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- your prayersתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
- I will notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- Your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
- are coveredמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- with bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
Cross-references for Isaiah 1:15
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- Ezra 9:5At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
- Ezekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
- Matthew 6:7And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Commentaries on Isaiah 1:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15When ye spread - The Syriac, Septuagint, and a MS., read בפרשכם beparshecem, without the conjunction ו vau . Your hands "For your hands" - ̔ - Sept. Manus enim vestrae-Vulg. They seem to have read ידיכם כי ki yedeychem .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Ye spread forth your hands - This is an expression denoting the act of supplication. When we ask for help, we naturally stretch out our hands, as if to receive it. The expression therefore is equivalent to when ye pray, or implore mercy.‘ Compare Exodus 9:29; Exodus 17:11-12; 1 Kings 8:22. I will hide mine eyes - That is, I will not attend to, or regard your supplications. The Chaldee Paraphrase is, When your priests expand their hands to pray for you.‘…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 Judea was desolate, and their cities burned. This awakened them to bring sacrifices and offerings, as if they would bribe God to remove the punishment, and give them leave to go on in their sin. Many who will readily part with their sacrifices, will not be persuaded to part with their sins. They relied on the mere form as a service deserving a reward. The most costly devotions of wicked people, without thorough reformation of heart and life…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15I will hide my eyes from you … I will not listen: The Lord does not answer prayers from those who live in constant wrongdoing. In this situation, God accused the people of twisting his laws to commit violence against innocent victims.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Psa 66:18; Pr 28:9; La 3:43, 44). spread ... hands--in prayer (1Ki 8:22). Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of God's servants especially (Mt 23:35). It was the vocation of the prophets to dispel the delusion, so contrary to the law itself (De 10:16), that outward ritualism would satisfy God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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